Climate simulation with numerical oceanic models requires a proper parameterization
scheme in order to represent the effects of unresolved mesoscale eddies. Even though
a munber of schemes have been proposed and some ...

Nonlinear quasigeostrophic flows in two layers over a topographic slope are
considered. The evolution depends on the size of two parameters which indicate
the degree of nonlinearity at depth. The first measures the ...

Inertial terms dominate the single-gyre ocean model and prevent western-intensification
when the viscosity is small. This occurs long before the oceanically-appropriate parameter
range. It is demonstrated here that the ...

The importance of eddies and nonlinearities in ß-plume dynamics in the deep ocean
was investigated using reduced gravity models of the deep ocean forced by a small
region of cross isopycnal transport in the interior. The ...

This thesis addresses several aspects of the problem of determining the
effect of the low-frequency eddy variability on the mean circulation of the
Western North Atlantic. A framework for this study is first established ...

Rotating baroclinic and barotropic boundary currents flowing around a corner
in the laboratory were studied in order to discover the circumstances under which
eddies were produced at the corner. Such flows are reminiscent ...

Studying oceanic eddies is important for understanding and predicting ocean circulation
and climate variability. The central focus of this dissertation is the energy
exchange between eddies and mean flow and banded ...

The continuous supply of heat and fresh water from the boundaries to the interior
of the Labrador Sea plays an important role for the dynamics of the region and in
particular, for the Labrador Sea Water formation. Thus, ...

One and two layer models are used to study flow over axisymmetric isolated
topography. Inviscid or nearly inviscid flow in which non-linear effects have order
one importance is considered, and both the effects of β and ...

The plausibility of local baroclinic instability as a generation mechanism for midocean
mesoscale eddies is examined with a two-layer, quasi-geostrophic (QG) model
forced by an imposed, horizontally homogeneous, vertically ...

In this work we study motion of a baroclinic upper-ocean eddy over a large-scale topography
which simulates a continental slope. We use a quasigeostrophic f-plane approximation with
continuous stratification. To study ...

This study concerns the barotropic interactions between a mesoscale eddy and a
straight monotonic bottom topography. Through simple to relatively complicated modeling
effort, some of the fundamental properties of the ...

A pair of simple models representing the interaction of a continuously stratified f-plane quasigeostrophic
lens with a uniform external shear flow is examined. The study is motivated by the
desire to understand the ...

A comparison of monthly biogeochemical measurements made from 1993 to
1995, combined with hydrography and satellite altimetry, was used to observe the
impacts of nine eddy events on primary productivity and particle flux ...

This thesis addresses the question of how a highly energetic eddy field could be generated
in the interior of the ocean away from the swift boundary currents. The energy
radiation due to the temporal growth of non-trapped ...

This thesis addresses the parameterization of the heat and momentum transporting
properties of eddy motions for use in three-dimensional, primitive equation, z-coordinate
atmosphere and ocean models. Determining the ...

With Lagrangian and hydrographic data taken in the deep Brazil Basin, we identify several
submesoscale coherent vortices (SCVs). These features contrast with SCV paradigms in that
float data indicate approximately equal ...

Eddies in the ocean move westwards. Those shed by western boundary currents
must then interact with continental shelf-slope topography at the western boundary.
The presence of other eddies and mean lows complicates this ...

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